Thursday, September 8, 2011

Quezon City - Partnership in Local Governance

PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 2008-111


AN ORDINANCE STRENGTHENING AND INSTITUTIONALIZING THE SYSTEM OF PARTNERSHIP IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE BETWEEN THE QUEZON CITY GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF QUEZON CITY.


Introducer: Councilor. JORGE B. BANAL, JR.



WHEREAS, PARTICIPATION is based on the premise that the right and responsibility to govern are equally shared by those who govern and who are governed. Both the representative of the state and civil society share in common the initiative to better governance. The government and the governed take collective responsibility for the welfare of the society. Thus the need to create an effective venue for the governed to participate in meaningful governance. Good governance is easily achieved if its responsibilities are shared by the people. A system of partnership between the governor and the governed gives impetus to the time-honored principle that, indeed, sovereignty resides in the people.

Quezon City - 'Smoke-Free' Task force

Quezon City Forms 'Smoke-Free' Task Force
By CHITO A. CHAVEZ

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November 9, 2010, 6:09pm
MANILA, Philippines – The Quezon City government has created a “smoke-free” task force to ensure full public compliance in the city’s intensified campaign on health consciousness and drive against smoking in public places.

Mayor Herbert Bautista said the task force will monitor public places and conveyances, buildings, both public and private, and other public places in order to protect the public from the ill-effects of tobacco substances.

On June 23, 2003, the National Government enacted Republic Act No. 9211, otherwise known as the Tobacco Regulations Act, with the intention of regulating the packing, use, distribution and advertisement of tobacco products and for other purposes.